2012–13 SC Paderborn 07 season

The 2012–13 SC Paderborn 07 season is the 28th season in the club's football history. In 2012–13, the club plays in the 2. Bundesliga, the second tier of German football. It is the club's fourth consecutive season in this league, having played at this level since 2009–10, after it was promoted from the 3. Liga in 2009.

SC Paderborn 07

2012–13 season
Chairman	Wilfried Finke
Manager	Stephan Schmidt
Stadium	Benteler Arena
2.Bundesliga	12th
DFB-Pokal	First round
Top goalscorer	League: Philipp Hofmann (7) All: Alban Meha (7) Philipp Hofmann (7)
Highest home attendance	15,000
Lowest home attendance	5,397
Average home league attendance	8,775
Home colours Away colours
← 2011–12 2013–14 →

The club also took part in the 2012–13 edition of the DFB-Pokal, the German Cup, but was knocked out in the first round by third division side Arminia Bielefeld.^[1]

The club finished the season in 12th place to secure a spot in the following year's 2. Bundesliga.

Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  GER Lukas Kruse 3 DF  GER Manuel Gulde 4 MF  GER Diego Demme 5 DF  GER Patrick Ziegler 6 MF  GER Manuel Zeitz 7 MF  GER Jens Wemmer 8 MF  GER Mario Vrančić 9 FW  GER Philipp Hofmann (on loan from Schalke 04) 10 FW  TUR Deniz Yılmaz 11 FW  SVN David Poljanec 12 GK  GER Sebastian Lange 13 DF  GER Christian Strohdiek 14 MF  GER Thomas Bertels 15 FW  GER Elias Kachunga (on loan from Borussia Mönchengladbach)

No. Pos. Nation Player 16 FW  TUR Mahir Sağlık 17 MF  ALB Alban Meha 18 MF  GER Markus Krösche (captain) 19 GK  GER Nico Burchert 21 MF  GER Daniel Brückner 22 DF  GER Tobias Feisthammel 23 DF  LTU Markus Palionis 24 MF  GER Niclas Erlbeck 26 MF  ITA Massimo Ornatelli 28 DF  GER Tim Welker 30 DF  GER Jens Wissing 31 MF  GER Deniz Naki 33 GK  GER Daniel Luck

Transfers

In

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2012	CB	GER	Patrick Ziegler	SpVgg Unterhaching	Free transfer	[2]
1 July 2012	AM	GER	Tobias Kempe	Erzgebirge Aue	Free transfer	[3]
1 July 2012	CM	BIH	Mario Vrančić	Borussia Dortmund II	Free transfer	[4]
1 July 2012	CF	SLO	David Poljanec	Blau-Weiß Linz (AUT)	Free transfer	[5]
1 July 2012	AM	ITA	Massimo Ornatelli	Preußen Münster	Free transfer	[6]
1 July 2012	CB	GER	Manuel Gulde	TSG 1899 Hoffenheim	Free transfer	[7]
1 July 2012	CB	GER	Tobias Feisthammel	Alemannia Aachen	Free transfer	[8]
7 January 2013	CF	TUR	Mahir Sağlık	St. Pauli	Free transfer	[9]

Loans in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Date until	Ref.
1 July 2012	CM	GER	Manuel Zeitz	1. FC Nürnberg	30 June 2013	[10]
30 July 2012	CF	GER	Philipp Hofmann	Schalke 04	30 June 2013	[11]
31 July 2012	CF	AZE	Deniz Yılmaz	Mainz 05	30 June 2013	[12]
3 January 2013	RW	DRC	Elias Kachunga	Borussia Mönchengladbach	30 June 2013	[13]

Out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2012	CF	USA	Matt Taylor	Preußen Münster	Undisclosed	[6]
1 July 2012	CB	GER	Florian Mohr	FC St. Pauli	Free	[14]
1 July 2012	CF	GER	Sven Krause	SC Wiedenbrück	Free	[15]
1 July 2012	AM	TUR	Yasin Kocatepe	SC Pfullendorf	Free	[16][a]
1 July 2012	AM	TUR	Mehmet Kara	Gençlerbirliği (TUR)	Undisclosed	[17]
1 July 2012	FB	GER	Sergej Schmik	SV Wilhelmshaven	Free	[18]
1 July 2012	CB	GER	Sören Gonther	FC St. Pauli	Free	[19]
1 July 2012	CF	GER	Sören Brandy	MSV Duisburg	Free	[20]
1 July 2012	AM	KOS	Enis Alushi	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Free	[21]
19 July 2012	CF	GER	Nick Proschwitz	Hull City (ENG)	€3,300,000	[22]
21 January 2013	LW	GER	Christian Rasche	Sportfreunde Lotte	Free	[23]
21 January 2013	AM	GER	Tobias Kempe	Dynamo Dresden	Free	[24]

1. Kocatepe joined SC Pfullendorf following his release

Friendly matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

Delbrücker SC v SC Paderborn

4 July 2012 (2012-07-04) Friendly	Delbrücker SC	1–5	SC Paderborn	Delbrück
19:00	Hesse 62'	Report	Meha 32', 42' Kempe 60', 62' Ornatelli 90'	Stadium: AM-Stadion Attendance: 1,500

Twente v SC Paderborn

22 July 2012 (2012-07-22) Friendly	Twente	0–1	SC Paderborn	Gronau
14:30		Report	Meha 48'	Stadium: Sportplatz SG Gronau Attendance: 2,000

SC Paderborn v Werder Bremen

29 July 2012 (2012-07-29) Friendly	SC Paderborn	2–1	Werder Bremen	Paderborn
15:00	Yılmaz 35' Bertels 74'	Report	Junuzovic 58'	Stadium: Benteler Arena Attendance: 7,424 Referee: Guido Winkmann

Competitions

2. Bundesliga

Main article: 2012–13 2. Bundesliga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
10	FC St. Pauli	34	11	10	13	44	47	−3	43
11	MSV Duisburg[a] (R)	34	11	10	13	37	49	−12	43	Relegation to 3. Liga
12	SC Paderborn	34	11	9	14	45	45	0	42
13	FC Ingolstadt 04	34	10	12	12	36	43	−7	42
14	VfL Bochum	34	10	8	16	40	52	−12	38

Source: kicker.de
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated
Notes:

1. MSV Duisburg were denied a license for the 2013–14 2. Bundesliga season, and, in accordance with the rules of the DFL (Deutsche Fußball Liga), Duisburg are replaced by the best-placed originally relegated team, SV Sandhausen.^[25]

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
34	11	9	14	45	45	0	42	5	6	6	24	18	+6	6	3	8	21	27	−6

Last updated: 17 June 2015.
Source: Competitive matches

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

Hertha BSC v SC Paderborn

3 August 2012 (2012-08-03) 1	Hertha BSC	2–2	SC Paderborn	Berlin
20:30	Ronny 65' Allagui 88'	Report	Yılmaz 43' Meha 86'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 23,404 Referee: Deniz Aytekin

SC Paderborn v VfL Bochum

11 August 2012 (2012-08-11) 2	SC Paderborn	4–0	VfL Bochum	Paderborn
13:00	Vrančić 24', 50' Meha 40' Yılmaz 82'	Report		Stadium: Benteler Arena Attendance: 10,763 Referee: Florian Meyer

Eintracht Braunschweig v SC Paderborn

24 August 2012 (2012-08-24) 3	Eintracht Braunschweig	2–1	SC Paderborn	Braunschweig
18:00	Dogan 62' Kruppke 67'	Report	Yılmaz 34'	Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion Attendance: 19,500 Referee: Robert Hartmann

SC Paderborn v FC Ingolstadt

2 September 2012 (2012-09-02) 4	SC Paderborn	1–3	FC Ingolstadt	Paderborn
13:30	Kempe 85'	Report	Biliskov 16' Eigler 39' Caiuby 83'	Stadium: Benteler Arena Attendance: 7,729 Referee: Christian Bandurski

Erzgebirge Aue v SC Paderborn

16 September 2012 (2012-09-16) 5	Erzgebirge Aue	0–1	SC Paderborn	Aue
13:30		Report	Hofmann 51'	Stadium: Sparkassen-Erzgebirgsstadion Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Martin Petersen

SC Paderborn v SV Sandhausen

22 September 2012 (2012-09-22) 6	SC Paderborn	3–0	SV Sandhausen	Paderborn
13:00	Kempe 49', 82' Hofmann 74'	Report		Stadium: Benteler Arena Attendance: 6,278 Referee: Marcel Unger

Energie Cottbus v SC Paderborn

25 September 2012 (2012-09-25) 7	Energie Cottbus	2–1	SC Paderborn	Cottbus
17:30	Farina 67' Stiepermann 80'	Report	Hofmann 74'	Stadium: Stadion der Freundschaft Attendance: 8,419 Referee: Robert Kempter

SC Paderborn v 1. FC Köln

28 September 2012 (2012-09-28) 8	SC Paderborn	1–2	1. FC Köln	Paderborn
18:00	Zeitz 53'	Report	Ujah 18' Chihi 69'	Stadium: Benteler Arena Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Christian Dingert

FSV Frankfurt v SC Paderborn

5 October 2012 (2012-10-05) 9	FSV Frankfurt	1–1	SC Paderborn	Frankfurt
18:00	Kapllani 90+3'	Report	Hofmann 70'	Stadium: Frankfurter Volksbank-Stadion Attendance: 3,185 Referee: Benjamin Cortus

SC Paderborn v FC St. Pauli

21 October 2012 (2012-10-21) 10	SC Paderborn	1–1	FC St. Pauli	Paderborn
13:30	Naki 71'	Report	Ginczek 48'	Stadium: Benteler Arena Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Martin Petersen

Union Berlin v SC Paderborn

28 October 2012 (2012-10-28) 11	Union Berlin	0–1	SC Paderborn	Berlin
13:30		Report	Naki 75'	Stadium: Stadion An der Alten Försterei Attendance: 15,738 Referee: Harm Osmers

Jahn Regensburg v SC Paderborn

2 November 2012 (2012-11-02) 12	Jahn Regensburg	0–2	SC Paderborn	Regensburg
18:00		Report	Hofmann 13' Zeitz 87'	Stadium: Städtisches Jahnstadion Attendance: 5,410 Referee: Norbert Grudzinski

SC Paderborn v 1. FC Kaiserslautern

10 November 2012 (2012-11-10) 13	SC Paderborn	1–1	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Paderborn
13:00	Jessen 75'	Report	Idrissou 67'	Stadium: Benteler Arena Attendance: 11,417 Referee: Guido Winkmann

VfR Aalen v SC Paderborn

17 November 2012 (2012-11-17) 14	VfR Aalen	0–1	SC Paderborn	Aalen
13:30		Report	Gulde 58'	Stadium: Scholz-Arena Attendance: 5,412 Referee: Bibiana Steinhaus

SC Paderborn v Dynamo Dresden

23 November 2012 (2012-11-23) 15	SC Paderborn	2–2	Dynamo Dresden	Paderborn
18:00	Yılmaz 11' Schuppan 21'	Report	Ouali 14' Kitambala 38'	Stadium: Benteler Arena Attendance: 9,127 Referee: Thorsten Schriever

1860 Munich v SC Paderborn

27 November 2012 (2012-11-27) 16	1860 Munich	1–0	SC Paderborn	Munich
17:30	Lauth 38'	Report		Stadium: Allianz Arena Attendance: 13,300 Referee: Robert Kampka

SC Paderborn v MSV Duisburg

2 December 2012 (2012-12-02) 17	SC Paderborn	0–2	MSV Duisburg	Paderborn
13:30		Report	Kern 58' Perthel 79'	Stadium: Benteler Arena Attendance: 7,431 Referee: Benjamin Brand

SC Paderborn v Hertha BSC

8 December 2013 (2013-12-08) 18	SC Paderborn	0–1	Hertha BSC	Paderborn
13:00		Report	Ramos 65'	Stadium: Benteler Arena Attendance: 9,416 Referee: Tobias Stielar

VfL Bochum v SC Paderborn

16 December 2012 (2012-12-16) 19	VfL Bochum	4–0	SC Paderborn	Bochum
13:30	Aydın 17', 72' Goretzka 40' Scheidhauer 80'	Report		Stadium: rewirpowerStadion Attendance: 10,250 Referee: Sascha Stegemann

SC Paderborn v Eintracht Braunschweig

2 February 2013 (2013-02-02) 20	SC Paderborn	1–2	Eintracht Braunschweig	Paderborn
13:00	Bertels 90+2'	Report	Petersch 9' Doğan 74'	Stadium: Benteler Arena Attendance: 10,709 Referee: Günter Perl

FC Ingolstadt v SC Paderborn

10 February 2013 (2013-02-10) 21	FC Ingolstadt	1–3	SC Paderborn	Ingolstadt
13:30	Mitsanski 68'	Report	Kachunga 27' Bertels 84' Meha 87'	Stadium: Audi Sportpark Attendance: 4,021 Referee: Martin Petersen

SC Paderborn v Erzgebirge Aue

15 February 2013 (2013-02-15) 22	SC Paderborn	2–0	Erzgebirge Aue	Paderborn
18:00	Feisthammel 28' Meha 40'	Report		Stadium: Benteler Arena Attendance: 5,617 Referee: Christian Dietz

SV Sandhausen v SC Paderborn

24 February 2013 (2013-02-24) 23	SV Sandhausen	1–3	SC Paderborn	Sandhausen
13:30	Löning 5'	Report	Vrančić 56' Brückner 66' Hofmann 90'	Stadium: Hardtwaldstadion Attendance: 2,300 Referee: Harm Osmers

SC Paderborn v Energie Cottbus

1 March 2013 (2013-03-01) 24	SC Paderborn	0–1	Energie Cottbus	Paderborn
18:00		Report	Sanogo 50'	Stadium: Benteler Arena Attendance: 6,535 Referee: Robert Kampka

1. FC Köln v SC Paderborn

9 March 2013 (2013-03-09) 25	1. FC Köln	3–0	SC Paderborn	Köln
13:30	Matuschyk 29' Ujah 64', 83'	Report		Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion Attendance: 42,700 Referee: Peter Sippel

SC Paderborn v FSV Frankfurt

15 March 2013 (2013-03-15) 26	SC Paderborn	3–0	FSV Frankfurt	Paderborn
18:00	Meha 21' Görlitz 84' (o.g.) Bertels 90'	Report		Stadium: Benteler Arena Attendance: 5,397 Referee: Markus Wingenbach

FC St. Pauli v SC Paderborn

1 April 2013 (2013-04-01) 27	FC St. Pauli	2–2	SC Paderborn	Hamburg
20:15	Ebbers 53' Tschauner 90'	Report	Yılmaz 56' Sağlık 84'	Stadium: Millerntor-Stadion Attendance: 28,278 Referee: Tobias Welz

SC Paderborn v Union Berlin

7 April 2013 (2013-04-07) 28	SC Paderborn	1–1	Union Berlin	Paderborn
13:30	Nemec 27'	Report	Strohdiek 90+2'	Stadium: Benteler Arena Attendance: 7,590 Referee: Benjamin Brand

SC Paderborn v Jahn Regensburg

14 April 2013 (2013-04-14) 29	SC Paderborn	0–0	Jahn Regensburg	Paderborn
13:30		Report		Stadium: Benteler Arena Attendance: 6,290 Referee: Bibiana Steinhaus

1. FC Kaiserslautern v SC Paderborn

20 April 2013 (2013-04-20) 30	1. FC Kaiserslautern	3–0	SC Paderborn	Kaiserslautern
13:30	Weiser 18' Idrissou 54' Baumjohann 81'	Report		Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion Attendance: 28,702 Referee: Tobias Stieler

SC Paderborn v VfR Aalen

28 April 2013 (2013-04-28) 31	SC Paderborn	2–2	VfR Aalen	Paderborn
13:30	Vrančić 14' Hofmann 20'	Report	Reichwein 64', 89'	Stadium: Benteler Arena Attendance: 5,729 Referee: Marcel Unger

Dynamo Dresden v SC Paderborn

3 May 2013 (2013-05-03) 32	Dynamo Dresden	2–1	SC Paderborn	Dresden
18:00	Müller 35', 70'	Report	Meha 43'	Stadium: Glücksgas Stadium Attendance: 28,315 Referee: Daniel Siebert

SC Paderborn v 1860 Munich

12 May 2013 (2013-05-12) 33	SC Paderborn	2–0	1860 Munich	Paderborn
13:30	Sağlık 4' Kachunga 69'	Report		Stadium: Benteler Arena Attendance: 9,160 Referee: Norbert Grudzinski

MSV Duisburg v SC Paderborn

19 May 2013 (2013-05-19) 34	MSV Duisburg	3–2	SC Paderborn	Duisburg
13:30	Perthel 12' Bajić 60' Brandy 77'	Report	Kachunga 20' Vrančić 70'	Stadium: Schauinsland-Reisen-Arena Attendance: 13,472 Referee: Florian Meyer

DFB Pokal

Main article: 2012–13 DFB-Pokal

  Win   Draw   Loss

Arminia Bielefeld v SC Paderborn

19 August 2012 (2012-08-19) Round 1	Arminia Bielefeld	3–1	SC Paderborn	Bielefeld
16:00	Schütz 55' Schönfeld 86' Hübener 90+3'	Report	Meha 36'	Stadium: Schauinsland-Reisen-Arena Attendance: 18,587 Referee: Markus Wingenbach